Oct
19
Janus Friis, Skype’s founder, is preparing to launch a new video streaming service to rival Netflix. The new service is Vdio and reports are that it will function like Rdio. As of now Vdio operates just a landing page promising great things, but there is evidence about what is to come. It has been operating [...]
Oct
17
YouTube has announced that it will begin selling products besides just real estate for advertisements. The Merch Store will be rolled out over the coming weeks and for now it is limited to musicians. The Merch Store will allow musicians or bands with a YouTube channel to sell branded merchandise, songs and even concert tickets. [...]
Jun
24
New research from Saatchi & Saatchi shows users do not mind learning about new brand products within social games. Infact, 2 out of 5 respondents actually prefer that as a method of content delivery. Social challenges seem to be particularly pleasing. Offering a discount for completion of a challenge is rated by 57% as very [...]
Jun
22
Google is launching a new framework, WebRTC, which would make instant communications an open source endeavor across all types of devices. The framework would allow chatting, email, voice and even video commutations possible regardless of the proprietary standards of the internet enabled device. Computing.co.uk This would be a huge development for the digital agency. Not [...]
May
17
In an effort to make it easy for users to find high-quality videos made exclusively for the web, Blip.tv has redefined itself. The redesign includes not only the new mission statement, but also a series of portals which should make sorting for videos easier to find. The key, according to the site, is a site [...]
May
04
Maybe the airline traveler does not constitute a large portion of DVD sales, but even if true, DVD sales will take a hit with American Airlines’ newest announcement. Beginning this summer American Airlines will have all of its airlines wi-fi enabled and allow movie rentals to passengers on their own mobile devices. This is great [...]
Apr
28
As a reward for reaching 500,000 likes of the show Operation Repo, TruTV is rewarding fans with an episode showing only on Facebook. Previously Facebook has hosted previews and some bonus features, but this is the first time an episode of a show has been made exclusively available on Facebook. The New Yorker has run [...]
Mar
09
Maybe Facebook was feeling a little left out. Maybe Facebook really is out to dominate the world. Either way, Facebook is now in a partnership with Time Warner to bring movies and TV rentals to your computer. An app within Facebook will rent you a movie using Facebook Credits, about $3 for a 48 hour [...]